Fortnite Really Does Seem To Have Changed Its Nipple Policy — And Now It's Not Just Homer Simpson's Chest That's in the Game

Fortnite fans judge developer Epic Games has so relaxed its rules astir the depiction of antheral nudity, arsenic the game's archetypal afloat elaborate areola person present been spotted.

A shirtless benignant for the game's caller Chapter 7 conflict walk tegument Carter Wu shows a comparatively elaborate nipple contiguous and close connected the character's thorax — the archetypal successful astir a decennary of Fortnite history.

The improvement comes conscionable weeks aft fans spotted 2 telltale dots connected the thorax of Fortnite's underpants-wearing Homer Simpson skin, and wondered whether the game's semipermanent determination not to amusement nips had been reconsidered.

At the time, Homer's plan featuring nipples was debated arsenic perchance being an objection to Fortnite's no-nips regularisation — possibly owed to immoderate licensing requirement, oregon due to the fact that his cel-shaded exemplary was debased successful detail.

But the accomplishment present of a modular Fortnite tegument — prominently disposable successful Chapter 7's archetypal conflict pass, nary little — suggests otherwise, and points to much nipples apt present appearing wrong Fortnite successful future.

In the past, everyone from Travis Scott to God of War's Kratos, Avatar: The Last Airbender's Aang, WWE's John Cena, Dragonball Z's Goku, and Marvel superheroes specified arsenic Drax and The Hulk person each appeared successful Fortnite topless, with creaseless nipple-less chests. Even third-party creator-made modes person been nipple-free, with a high-profile promotional crossover with assemblage hairsbreadth shaver marque Philips featuring a smooth-chested model.

Could Epic Games present re-add nipples to erstwhile skins, restoring characters similar Kratos to their afloat chested glory? We volition person to hold and see. IGN has often contacted Epic Games astir Fortnite's erstwhile no-nipple argumentation for much detail, though is yet to person an authoritative connection connected the subject.

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